Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-12-02
FARsu ANWtsOUSEHOLD.
kIckISS CeNSEA farmer writes t
thk lmenA1s y Cultipdtor as follows

thk umeHaasf Cultirdtor as follows:
What farmer has not had kicking COW
and who has not hammered her for her
offences? | MIXED kicking COW for
wears because no one else could do so,
and this animal proved everything
about the complaint worth knowing.
A complaint, call it, and it is both
cruel and ridiculous to suppose that
severity does any good. Feed the ami
NAL good while milking, and keep her
head to the manger, then slip rope
around her right hind leg bv slip knot,
and tie it back to post. Do not make
il tight, but just tight enough to sup
port the rope and to keep her leg from
reaching the pail. She will not object.
indeed, am sure that she likes it. Let
the mixer keep his head well pressed
into the flank of the COW so as to observe
the slightest motion of the joint. and
be prepared TO move the pail TO; ward u
few inches. With these precautions all
trouble will cease.
The COW alluded to above was a large
and beautiful animal. She was always
MIXED three times day for few weeks
after calving. She was MIXED into a
measured twelve quart pail, and would
give it full and half again in the MORN
ing, and about three quarters full at
noon and at night, of fine rich milk. so
'there were excellent reasons for keeping
her; but she would kick, and seemingly
never until the pail was full. When
her leg was secured as described above,
there was no more trouble. Some farm
erS tie up fore leg, but this renders the
animal uncomfortable and she will not
give down her milk If good results are
expected, a cow must be kept as com
Portable and happy as possible. Recol-
lect as II maxi,n: Never beat or pun
ish a kicking cow"
FEEDING HOGs.-The man who makes
money in feeding pigs from sucklings
up, must feed, in their younger days, a
diversity of food to give bone, muscle
and good digestion. An exclusive corn
diet does not produce the requisite pro
portions OF bone and muscle in animals.
Ii contains TOO much carbon and not
enough nitrogen. Breeding SOwS that
eat little or nothing except corn are
poor mothers. They generally produce
but small filters of pigs, and they give
but little milk. Pigs brought up on
corn alone appear TO have but little
vitality. They are not as lively AS those
thar enjoy the privileges of free range
and eat a variety of food. They appear
to be more likely to contract disease
The hog has become more delicate since
it was kept in pens and has haj corn
brought TO his trough. During the
past few years diseases have been more
common and more generally fatal among
hogs than among horses, cattle or
sheep. On this account many farmers
have abandoned pork raising, or keep
only enough hogs to supply their house
holds with meat. They do not dare
take the risks that attend keeping large
numbers of hogs and feeding them the
corn they raise.
The most successful hog-raisers now
advocate the substitution of other grains.
fruits and vegetables for half the corn
they formerly fed, and they rely chiefly
on corn for making fat, but they give
their hogs bran, shorts, ground rye. oats
and barley, boiled potatoes, roots, apple:
and pumpkins, or squashes. They find
the health and general condition of their
hogs better when they are allowed a
change OF food. They are better breed.
ers, and the sows give more milk. The
PORK produced is not as fat as that made
from corn. but is generally preferred
There is less leaf-lard. but more meat
that is suitable for bacon. The hogs
are more active and take more exercise.
For this reason their circulation and d.
gestion are better.